The University of Mississippi Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster
Rivas, Xavier
Jersey Number 33
Xavier Rivas
- Position:
- LHP
- Collegiate Letters Earned:
- L/L
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 225
- Hometown:
- Portage, Ind.
- High School:
- Portage
- Prev. College:
- Indianapolis
- Major:
- Multi-Disciplinary Studies
Bio
2024 (Senior): Did not appear in 2024
2023 (Junior): Appeared in 14 games, starting in all of them... Posted a 5-5 record with a 6.35 ERA... Led Ole Miss in strikeouts (89), wins (5), opposing batting average (.248), innings pitched (68.0), and starts... Won his first four starts as a Rebel... Went 4.1 innings, allowing just one run one one hit while striking out eight and picking up the win against Delaware (2/19)... Went six innings, allowing just one run and striking out six while picking up the win against Purdue (3/12)... Allowed just two earned runs over 5.2 innings of work against Florida (3/26)... Went six innings and gave up just two runs while striking out seven and earning the win against Arkansas (4/7)... Gave up two earned runs over four innings against Georgia (4/28)... Struckout a career-high 12 hitters over a career-high seven innings against Alabama (5/18)
Indianapolis: Posted a career 2.81 ERA with a 10-1 record and 157 strikeouts over two seasons at Indianapolis… Put together one of the best seasons in Indianapolis history in 2022, posting a record of 7-0 with an ERA of 2.24, 128 strikeouts, and four complete games… Named D2CCA First Team All-American, Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year, and First Team All-Midwest Region in 2022… Named ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-American, Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year, and First Team All-Midwest Region in 2022… Named to the 2022 NCBWA All-America Second Team and All-Midwest Region First Team… Named the 2022 GLVC Pitcher of the Year… Set the second-highest Indianapolis single-season strikeout record with 128 in 2022… His 0.98 WHIP in 2022 was the lowest by an Indianapolis pitcher since 2016
High School: A three-sport athlete at Portage High School where he lettered in wrestling, football, and baseball … as a junior, posted 62 strikeouts for the Indians in 46 innings thrown … was apart of the Sectional Championship Runner-Up team during his junior season … as a senior, was named Academic All-State in baseball … finished ranked in the top 30 in his class … apart of the Honor Roll, National Honor Society, and National Language Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Nina and Jeremy Rivas… Has one sibling, Mya… Born on July 11
2023 (Junior): Appeared in 14 games, starting in all of them... Posted a 5-5 record with a 6.35 ERA... Led Ole Miss in strikeouts (89), wins (5), opposing batting average (.248), innings pitched (68.0), and starts... Won his first four starts as a Rebel... Went 4.1 innings, allowing just one run one one hit while striking out eight and picking up the win against Delaware (2/19)... Went six innings, allowing just one run and striking out six while picking up the win against Purdue (3/12)... Allowed just two earned runs over 5.2 innings of work against Florida (3/26)... Went six innings and gave up just two runs while striking out seven and earning the win against Arkansas (4/7)... Gave up two earned runs over four innings against Georgia (4/28)... Struckout a career-high 12 hitters over a career-high seven innings against Alabama (5/18)
Indianapolis: Posted a career 2.81 ERA with a 10-1 record and 157 strikeouts over two seasons at Indianapolis… Put together one of the best seasons in Indianapolis history in 2022, posting a record of 7-0 with an ERA of 2.24, 128 strikeouts, and four complete games… Named D2CCA First Team All-American, Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year, and First Team All-Midwest Region in 2022… Named ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-American, Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year, and First Team All-Midwest Region in 2022… Named to the 2022 NCBWA All-America Second Team and All-Midwest Region First Team… Named the 2022 GLVC Pitcher of the Year… Set the second-highest Indianapolis single-season strikeout record with 128 in 2022… His 0.98 WHIP in 2022 was the lowest by an Indianapolis pitcher since 2016
High School: A three-sport athlete at Portage High School where he lettered in wrestling, football, and baseball … as a junior, posted 62 strikeouts for the Indians in 46 innings thrown … was apart of the Sectional Championship Runner-Up team during his junior season … as a senior, was named Academic All-State in baseball … finished ranked in the top 30 in his class … apart of the Honor Roll, National Honor Society, and National Language Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Nina and Jeremy Rivas… Has one sibling, Mya… Born on July 11
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Monday, June 02
HIGHLIGHTS: Baseball vs. Murray State_NCAA Regional (6/2/25)
Monday, June 02
Brayden Randle Hits First HR of The Season vs Murray State
Monday, June 02
Judd Utermark Sixth HR Of The Regional
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